I have changed this to read...makes much more sense to me the way i read it.Conditional Borders: * A Monarch position (M) can be assaulted only if one region of the same Monarch Commander's Vessel is held

I've downsized the bottom corners to normal border size...which enables me to move the Treasury section down...thus giving more space to the map itself.So i moved things around (mainly down) so that the top of the map wasn't so cramped.Hope this is an improvement.I've also decided not to put this through PS, as i've redone all the major straight lines so they are good and shouldn't have the blur issue.

cairns, why do some of the territ lines have different opacity? Bridgewater to Bristol looks different to Bridgewater to Poole Land and again different from some of the others. The same goes for the beacon paths. Left side of the board looks lighter than the right side. Is their a reason for this that I missed?

koontz1973 wrote:cairns, why do some of the territ lines have different opacity? Bridgewater to Bristol looks different to Bridgewater to Poole Land and again different from some of the others. The same goes for the beacon paths. Left side of the board looks lighter than the right side. Is their a reason for this that I missed?

Either way, all looks rather splendid to me.

koontz...good pickup, thank-you...pls refresh the above image. all should be better now

nolefan5311 wrote:I'd like to see some graphic input on this one from the blue boys...I've got the XML almost done, except for the small coordinates, and think once we get this graphically stamped we can push it through FF pretty quickly.

nolefan5311, i have asked for isaiah40's input. as soon as that is done i will produce the large.sorry for the re-arrangment of the treasury and general enlargement, but i beleive it is much better now with a little more eyespace in the english vessel area.

1. In the top legend: Can you increase the text spacing on (PTL)?2. Battle of Gravelines: The outline of the area can be made a tad smaller, or, moved so that the tail on the "G" isn't covered.3. The story, the text looks blurry. It looks like you have a shadow on it like the title.4. Does TF(A) and TF(B) connect? If so then I suggest that the rive be shortened to make it clearer.5. Under the Impassables legend: The Spanish command ship, the bottom yellow triangle can not be seen. Maybe (if possible) outline both yellow areas to make them clearer.6. I'm a little concerned that the 888's will be too close together in the Monarch Treasury regions. Can you place some 888's so I can look at it please. My initial observation is that we might have to go a little wider to make sure they fit in properly.

Done. i have increased the kerning on all of those abbreviations to 10 for consistency across the legend

2. Battle of Gravelines: The outline of the area can be made a tad smaller, or, moved so that the tail on the "G" isn't covered.

Done

3. The story, the text looks blurry. It looks like you have a shadow on it like the title.

Fixed.

4. Does TF(A) and TF(B) connect? If so then I suggest that the rive be shortened to make it clearer.

Yes they connect and fixed.

5. Under the Impassables legend: The Spanish command ship, the bottom yellow triangle can not be seen. Maybe (if possible) outline both yellow areas to make them clearer.

Done and all impassables increased in size slightly

6. I'm a little concerned that the 888's will be too close together in the Monarch Treasury regions. Can you place some 888's so I can look at it please. My initial observation is that we might have to go a little wider to make sure they fit in properly.

The squares are 27x27. as you can see from the brit side i have done, there is plenty of room for 888s in there. i paid considerable attention in design to ensure these were wide/high enough to pass over each other, but unless someone gets into the 1000s that shouldn't be a prob. I have also tested these spaces on a dummy xml and they fit perfectly

Other than these few things this is really close!! Great work cairns!

Cool. and thank-you for promptness. Posting Version 28...

I have also done this Version 28 with 88s generated from the xml and posted it on front page under a spoiler

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Question: how are the names for the Monarch and treausry being listed in the xml.For the beacons, i would suggest they be listed as "Beacon Penzance, etc" with Beacon up front to differentiate them from the land terrs.Any other suggestions welcome, or to hear from Nolefan5311

Question: how are the names for the Monarch and treausry being listed in the xml.For the beacons, i would suggest they be listed as "Beacon Penzance, etc" with Beacon up front to differentiate them from the land terrs.Any other suggestions welcome, or to hear from Nolefan5311

Hmmm .... I think something like Sir Francis Drake Treasury 1, 2 etc. This would mean that you would have to add the numbers on the map as well T1 T2 etc.

Question: how are the names for the Monarch and treausry being listed in the xml.For the beacons, i would suggest they be listed as "Beacon Penzance, etc" with Beacon up front to differentiate them from the land terrs.Any other suggestions welcome, or to hear from Nolefan5311

Hmmm .... I think something like Sir Francis Drake Treasury 1, 2 etc. This would mean that you would have to add the numbers on the map as well T1 T2 etc.

The Beacon naming as you suggested is good IMHO.

I'd rather not add any more to the map re numbers...so i suggest simply using what is there

Question: how are the names for the Monarch and treausry being listed in the xml.For the beacons, i would suggest they be listed as "Beacon Penzance, etc" with Beacon up front to differentiate them from the land terrs.Any other suggestions welcome, or to hear from Nolefan5311

Hmmm .... I think something like Sir Francis Drake Treasury 1, 2 etc. This would mean that you would have to add the numbers on the map as well T1 T2 etc.

The Beacon naming as you suggested is good IMHO.

I'd rather not add any more to the map re numbers...so i suggest simply using what is there